I like to play this about 1.5x faster than the original,
starting with the Em at the 7th fret with the open top string,
then going to more like a low E5 in the second part of the verse.
Changing positions keeps this fairly repetitive song from getting
stale. Actually I try to us as many voicings with the open high E
string as I can.
Em | D | Em | Em |
Em | |
On a | long and lonesome highway east of Omaha |
D | |
You can | listen to the engine, moanin’ out its one note song |
A | Em | |
You can | think about the woman, or the girl you knew the night | before |
Em | |
And your | thoughts will soon be wandering the way they always do |
D | |
When you’re | riding sixteen hours and there’s nothing much to do |
A | Em | |
You | don’t feel much like writing, you just wish the trip was through |
D | Em | |
But here I | am, on the | road again |
D | Em | |
Here I | am, up on | stage |
D | A | |
Here I | go, playing the | star again |
C | D | Em | |
There I | go, | turn the | page |
Em |
You walk into a restaurant, strung out from the road |
D | |
And you | feel the eyes upon you, as you’re shaking off the cold |
A | Em | |
You | pretend it doesn’t bother you, but you just want to | explode |
Em |
Sometimes you can hear ‘em talk, other times you can’t |
D | |
And it’s all the | same cliches is that a woman or a man |
A | Em | |
And you | always seem outnumbered, you don’t dare make a | stand |
D | Em | |
But here I | am, on the | road again |
D | Em | |
Here I | am, up on | stage |
D | A | |
Here I | go, playing the | star again |
C | D | Em | |
There I | go, | turn the | page |
Quiet, let chords ring...
Em |
Out there in the spotlight, you’re a million miles away |
D |
Every ounce of energy you try to give away |
A | Em | |
And the | sweat pours out your body like the music that you | play |
Em |
Later on that evening, as you lie awake in bed |
D | |
The | echoes of the amplifiers ringin’ in your head |
A | Em | |
And you | smoke the day’s last cigarette, remembering what she said |
D | Em | |
But here I | am, on the | road again |
D | Em | |
Here I | am, up on | stage |
D | A | |
Here I | go, playing the | star again |
C | D | Em | |
There I | go, | turn the | page |
Now getting loud again...
D | Em | |
But here I | am, on the | road again |
D | Em | |
Here I | am, up on | stage |
D | A | |
Here I | go, playing the | star again |
C | D | Em | |
There I | go, | there I | go |